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Smelly under boobs

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Puttheneedleontherackets · 29/09/2024 20:53

Sorry if this is a bit 😬
I shower daily but am noticing just under my bra, it gets a bit sweaty/smelly, anyone else have this?
I have big boobs and am in peri most likely (46) could it be this?

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YesItsMe44 · 30/09/2024 13:43

I started using Lume deodorant. I also use Monistat anti-chaffing gel and both are effective. Both can be used for any skin fold areas (Mother's apron and thigh/vaginal) with success. They have a new formula that helps with sweat control. Where I live summers are in the 80s+ and this last year I was not constantly worrying about BO.

Maray1967 · 30/09/2024 13:55

Wearing a bra for a week without washing is too long, I think. Even in the 70s my DM washed hers after 3 days.

I do 2 or 3 days for much of the year. In very hot weather I change mine daily.

Mjmum10 · 30/09/2024 14:18

I change my bra everyday because I have oily skin (my bust is just average size). I know it sounds excessive but it makes me feel a lot cleaner. I moisturise that area every other shower with vanilla aveeno lotion and spray a nice body spray then perfume before I leave the house. I don't use anything too expensive. I know there was a company that made a product for this though, I'll add it to the thread if I can find it

KimberleyClark · 30/09/2024 14:23

Yes I noticed my sweat smelt a bit different- and a bit odd, not like normal BO - when I was peri.

SecondFirst · 30/09/2024 14:26

I wear my bra once before washing it on 40c. It air dries in 12 hours or so, so having 3 good bras in rotation is enough as I have at least one wash on every day.
Wash your skin with Hibiscrub or at least soup bar, cut down or out on onion, garlic and spices. You can put tissues or pantyliner pads under your breasts inside the bra, body powder helps but I know not everyone likes to use talcum or corn powder.
If things don't improve after all this or there is a rash it might be fungal and your pharmacist can help, usually Daktarin or similar.

Hunglikeapolevaulter · 30/09/2024 14:30

I normally don't have that issue but was somewhere both very hot and humid over summer and god it was reeking. Back to the cold now and back to no smell.

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